LE BLOG du CREA Mont-Blanc
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The vast European project to study the mountain hare and the rock ptarmigan, which has just been completed, has advanced our knowledge of these very discreet animals threatened by climate change. For CREA Mont-Blanc and its partners, it has also … Continued
Mountain environments, which are the natural habitat of Arctic-Alpine species, are undergoing dramatic changes due to climate change. As a result, these specially adapted species are truly on the front lines of climate change. In order to understand the changes … Continued
The network of temperature monitoring stations installed across the French Alps by CREA Mont-Blanc in 2006 is one of our oldest monitoring tools. After 15 years of hard work, we are evaluating our system and thinking about how it might … Continued
CREA Mont-Blanc is using satellite imagery to study the evolution of mountain wetlands. This innovative approach, combined with field observations allows our researchers to better understand how biodiversity is adapting to climate change. CREA Mont-Blanc’s own Brad Calrson who designed … Continued
At this point, the evidence is clear: glacier retreat is accelerating as a direct result of climate change. But what about the plants that colonize previously glaciated zones and that are slowly transforming alpine landscapes? The first results of the … Continued
The occurrence of seasonal events in living things (such as leaf out and flowering, egg laying, etc) is closely related to seasonal variations in climate. Over the long term, climate change can provoke changes in the timing of these events … Continued
This winter, like every winter, the CREA Mont-Blanc team was out in the snow, tagging the Mont-Blanc massif’s Alpine chough population. Since 1998, more than 1,500 Alpine choughs have been marked with colored bands allowing them to be identified from … Continued
During April 30th’s Science Sandwich, Jean-Baptiste Bosson of ASTERS, a glaciologist by training and currently the coordinator of the Sentinel Lakes network, presented on the history and outlook for the Alp’s high-altitude lakes. Altitude lakes are rich and fragile ecosystems … Continued
Gilles Brunot, director of Météo-France’s Chamonix office was at CREA Mont-Blanc last week for our third Science Sandwich of the year. His presentation helped us understand a little more about what goes into the weather bulletins that we all read … Continued
With its sweeping glaciers and granite spires, the Mont-Blanc massif is often depicted as a symbol of the high-mountain environment, a frozen realm devoid of life. And yet, as the climate in the Alps continues to warm, plants are rapidly … Continued